Definitions for triumph
ˈtraɪ əmf, -ʌmftri·umph

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. victory, triumphnoun

   a successful ending of a struggle or contest

   "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"

2. triumphverb

   the exultation of victory

3. prevail, triumphverb

   prove superior

   "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"

4. wallow, rejoice, triumphverb

   be ecstatic with joy

5. gloat, triumph, crowverb

   dwell on with satisfaction

6. exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilateverb

   to express great joy

   "Who cannot exult in Spring?"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. TRIUMPHnoun

   Etymology: triumphus, Lat. triomphe, Fr.

   1. Pomp with which a victory is publickly celebrated.

   Hence will I drag thee headlong by the heels
   Unto a dunghil, which shall be thy grave;
   And there cut off thy most ungracious head,
   Which I will bear in triumph to the king. William Shakespeare.

   In ancient times the triumphs of the generals from victory, and the great donatives upon disbanding the armies, were things able to enflame all mens courage. Francis Bacon.

   2. State of being victorious.

   Sublime with expectation when to see
   In triumph issuing forth their glorious chief. John Milton.

   Hercules, from Spain,
   Arriv’d in triumph, from Geryon slain. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. Victory; conquest.

   Eros has
   Packt cards with Cæsar, and false play’d my glory
   Unto an enemy’s triumph. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   Each order bright
   Sung triumph, and him sung victorious king. John Milton.

   Turn arcs of triumph to a garden-gate. Alexander Pope.

   If fools admire, or whining coxcombs toast,
   The vain coquets the trifling triumphs boast. Logie .

   4. Joy for success.

   Great triumph and rejoicing was in heav’n. John Milton.

   5. A conquering card now called trump. See Trump.

2. To Triumphverb

   Etymology: triumpho, Lat. triompher, Fr.

   1. To celebrate a victory with pomp; to rejoice for victory.

   The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment. Job xx. 5.

   Your victory, alas, begets my fears;
   Can you not then triumph without my tears. Dryden.

   2. To obtain victory.

   This great commander sought many times to persuade Solyman to forbear to use his forces any farther against the Christians, over whom he had sufficiently triumphed, and turn them upon the Persians. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

   Then all this earthy grossness quit,
   Attir’d with stars, we shall for ever sit,
   Triumphing over death, and chance, and time. John Milton.

   There fix thy faith and triumph o’er the world;
   For who can help, or who can save besides? Nicholas Rowe.

   While blooming youth and gay delight
   Sit on thy rosey cheeks confest,
   Thou hast, my dear, undoubted right
   To triumph o’er this destin’d breast. Matthew Prior.

   3. To insult upon an advantage gained.

   How ill beseeming is it in thy sex
   To triumph, like an Amazonian trull. William Shakespeare.

   Sorrow on all the pack of you,
   That triumph thus upon my misery. William Shakespeare.

   Our grand foe,
   Who now triumphs, and in th’ excess of joy
   Sole reigning, holds the tyranny of heav’n. John Milton.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Triumphnoun

   a magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy

2. Triumphnoun

   hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant

3. Triumphnoun

   a state of joy or exultation for success

4. Triumphnoun

   success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge

5. Triumphnoun

   a trump card; also, an old game at cards

6. Triumphnoun

   to celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success; to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation

7. Triumphnoun

   to obtain victory; to be successful; to prevail

8. Triumphnoun

   to be prosperous; to flourish

9. Triumphnoun

   to play a trump card

10. Triumphverb

    to obtain a victory over; to prevail over; to conquer. Also, to cause to triumph

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1. Triumph

   Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Between the band's 16 albums and DVDs, Triumph has received 18 gold and 9 platinum awards in Canada and the United States. Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987. Like their fellow Canadians Rush, Triumph began building their reputation across North America as a live band, peaking in the early to mid-1980s. The band was formed by Toronto music veterans Gil Moore, Mike Levine, and Rik Emmett in 1975.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Triumph

   trī′umf, n. in ancient Rome, a solemn procession in honour of a victorious general: joy for success: victory: (Shak.) a trump card.—v.i. to celebrate a victory with pomp: to rejoice for victory: to obtain victory: to be prosperous: to boast, exult (with over): (Shak.) to shine brightly.—v.t. (Milt.) to boast over.—adj. Trium′phal, pertaining to triumph: used in celebrating victory.—n. (Milt.) a token of victory.—adj. Trium′phant, celebrating or rejoicing for a triumph: expressing joy for success: victorious.—adv. Trium′phantly.—n. Trī′umpher.—adv. Trī′umphingly, in a triumphing manner: with triumph or exultation.—Triumphal arch, an arch erected in connection with the triumph of a Roman general, any decorative arch in public rejoicings, &c.—Church triumphant (see Church). [L. triumphus; akin to Gr. thriambos, a hymn to Bacchus.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. triumph

   (Lat. triumphus). Was the name given in ancient Rome to the public honor bestowed on a general who had been successful in war. It consisted in a solemn procession along the Via Sacra up to the Capitol, where sacrifice was offered Jupiter. The victor sat in a chariot, drawn by four horses,—his captives marching before, his troops following behind. Certain conditions had to be fulfilled before a triumph could be enjoyed, and it was the business of the senate to see that these were enforced. Under the empire, generals serving abroad were considered to be the emperor’s lieutenants, and therefore, however successful in their wars, they had no claim to a triumph. They received instead triumphal decorations, and other rewards. The oration, or lesser triumph, differs from the greater chiefly in these respects; that the imperator entered the city on foot, clad in the simple toga prætexta of a magistrate, that he bore no sceptre, was not preceded by the senate and a flourish of trumpets, nor followed by victorious troops, but only by the equites and the populace, and that the ceremonies were concluded by the sacrifice of a sheep instead of a bull. The ovation, it is scarcely necessary to add, was granted when the success, though considerable, did not fulfill the conditions specified for a triumph.

2. triumph

   To obtain victory; to meet with success.

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Matched Categories

1. • Boast
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   • Ending
   • Success

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'triumph' in Nouns Frequency: #1882

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of triumph in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of triumph in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of triumph in a Sentence

1. Fred Allen:

   Television is the triumph of machine over people.

2. Edmund Burke:

   The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

3. Rizwan Abbasi:

   This is a triumph for law and justice.

4. Zig Ziglar:

   Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximumutilization of the ability that you have.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.

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